WOMEN WORLD CUP 2013

Gros Islet (St.Lucia): West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) chief Julian Hunte believes the regional women's team victory over Australia in the supersix stage of the ICC Women's World Cup is proof of their development.
The Caribbean side beat the Aussies in their final supersix game to book their place in the...

Dubai: Indian women's cricket team captain Mithali Raj held on to his number one spot while world champions Australia became the number one ODI team in the latest ICC rankings issued Monday. Women's World Cup player of the tournament, Suzie Bates, jumped five places to claim a careerbest number two...

Mumbai: ICC President Alan Isaac has thanked the BCCI for successfully hosting the Women's World Cup and praised the volunteers, organisers and sponsors for providing a wonderful opportunity to female cricketers to show their talent and potential on a world stage.
He added that the success of the tournament, as well...

Mumbai: Australia's Holly Ferling, who impressed all and sundry with her pace and bounce, Monday said not having a prior reputation helped her perform better in the ICC Women's World Cup, which her team won for a record sixth time. "I guess the pressure is not on you, when the...

Mumbai: Veteran Australian allrounder Lisa Sthalekar, who retired from international cricket after her team won a sixth World Cup title here, on Monday said there could not have been a better place to call it quits than India the country where she was born.
"I made my debut in England...

Mumbai: They came in as underdogs, are going out at as World Cup runnersup but West Indies Women team captain Merissa Aguilleira is not exactly elated given the way her side collapsed in the final against Australia Women here. West Indies Women lost by a whopping 114 runs to the...

Mumbai: Not a single Indian cricketer featured in the ICC Women's World Cup team of the tournament even as players from Australia and England dominated the list announced here on Monday. Sri Lanka's Eshani Kaushalya was the lone Asian representative in the team.
Finalists Australia and West Indies contributed a total...

Mumbai: Lisa Sthalekar, one of the best allrounders that women cricket has seen, on Monday announced her retirement from international cricket, a day after Australia won their sixth World Cup. The 33yearold Sthalekar claimed two for 20 and also took a brilliant catch in Australia's impressive 114run win over the...

Mumbai: Australia Women clinched their sixth Women's World Cup title after they comfortably defeated the West Indies Women by a huge margin of 114 runs in the final at the Brabourne Stadium here Sunday. Needing 260 to win, the Caribbeans were bundled out for 145 runs in 43.1 overs, miserably...

New Delhi: India captain Mithali Raj feels West Indies' entry into the final of the ICC Women's World Cup is good for the game and its followers who were used to witnessing AustraliaEngland summit clashes in the recent past.
"West Indies reaching the finals is good for our game. People were...

Mumbai: Jodie Fields, captain of fivetime winners Australia, said her side has a slight edge over the West Indies in the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup final Sunday even though the Caribbean team had shocked them in the Super League stage.
"I think the Australian side has got a slight advantage,...

Mumbai: Fivetime champions Australia Women will walk in with the twin aims of revenge and title triumph when they take on a spirited West Indies Women, a team which has punched above their weight all through, in the summit clash of the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup here on Sunday.
Australia...

Mumbai: England rode on captain Charlotte Edwards' unbeaten century to beat New Zealand by four wickets and finish third in the ICC Women's World Cup at the Brabourne Stadium here today.
Chasing a modest 221 for victory, Edwards played a captain's knock, scoring an unbeaten 106 off 121 deliveries with the...

Cuttack: Sri Lanka Women thrashed South Africa Women by 87 runs to finish fifth in the ICC Women's World Cup here on Friday. Batting first at the Barabati Stadium, Sri Lanka put up a decent score of 243 for seven in stipulated 50 overs with useful contributions from the middleorder.
In...

St. John's: West Indies Cricket Board president Julian Hunte has congratulated the West Indies women's team for reaching their first ever World Cup final. On Wednesday, they produced a Herculean effort in their last Super Six, secondround game to beat Australia Women by eight runs and book their place in...

Mumbai: Former India captain Diana Edulji on Thursday berated the BCCI for its discriminatory policies and said the poor show at the World Cup is a clear indication that women's cricket is not progressing in the country.
"I think we are playing less cricket after we came into the fold of...

Mumbai: England's dream of title defence might have come to an end but the holders look for a consolation win when they take on New Zealand in the third place playoff match at the Brabourne stadium here Friday.
Defending champions England and last edition's runnersup New Zealand were knocked out of...

Cuttack: Sri Lanka will seek to extract revenge on South Africa when they lock horns in the fifthplace match of the ICC Women's World Cup at the Barabati Stadium here on Friday. South Africa trounced the islanders by 110 runs for their first win in the Super Six stage of...

Mumbai: A dejected England captain Charlotte Edwards blamed her side's exit from the women's cricket World Cup on inconsistent and slow starts in the first phase of the event, saying the defending champions came up with their best way too late.
"We came here to win this tournament and we haven't...

Mumbai: Defending champions England earned a hardfought 15run victory over New Zealand in their inconsequential Super Six match at the ICC Women's cricket World Cup here Wednesday. Defending champions England and last edition's runnersup New Zealand were knocked out of the tournament after West Indies upstaged Australia in an earlier...

Mumbai: Emotionally overwhelmed after leading West Indies to their maiden World Cup final, skipper Merrissa Aguilleira on Wednesday said her team is reaping the rewards for executing its plans accurately.
"Words can't express what I am feeling right now. I am completely overwhelmed. We have been through a lot as a...

Cuttack: Dane van Niekerk's allround performance helped South Africa trounce Sri Lanka by 110 runs and register their first win in the Super Six stage of the ICC Women's World Cup here on Wednesday.
A combination of poor shot selection and temperament saw Sri Lanka make a mess of their chase...

Mumbai: Underdogs West Indies stunned fivetime champions Australia by eight runs in a thrilling lowscoring Super Six stage match to storm into the final of the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup against the same opponents at the MIG Club ground here Wednesday.
Needing to win the match to qualify for the...

Mumbai: Notwithstanding that they have already qualified for ICC Women's World Cup final, Australia are eager to go all out for a victory against the West Indies in their final Super Six match at the MIG Club ground in Bandra here Tuesday.
"We will be going out there with the intention...

Cuttack: Wooden spooners South Africa will take on Sri Lanka in an inconsequential Super Six match of the ICC Women's World Cup at the Barabati Stadium here Wednesday. Both teams have no chance whatsoever of making it to the final and will be playing for pride when they lock horns...

Mumbai: Captain Merissa Aguilleira has credited an allround team effort by the West Indies Women for their 48run victory over New Zealand in their second Super Six, second round match in the ICC Women's World Cup at Brabourne Stadium here.
West Indies kept their chances of qualifying for the ICC Women's...

Mumbai: Defending champions England and runnersup New Zealand will lock horns in their doordie match of the Super Six stage for a place in the finals of the ICC Women's World Cup here on Tuesday.
However, the match could prove to be inconsequential if the secondplaced West Indies stun tabletoppers Australia...

Mumbai: New Zealand Women skipper Suzie Bates on Monday blamed her team's lacklustre batting display against the West Indies Women in the Women's World Cup Super Eight match and said they need to use the willow better to be successful in the tournament.
"It is just disappointing that we perhaps haven't...